It has been joked that the letters IMF stand for “it’s mostly fiscal”. The International Monetary Fund has long been a stalwart advocate of austerity as the route out of financial crisis, and every year it chastises dozens of countries for their fiscal indiscipline. Fiscal consolidation – a euphemism for cuts to government spending – is a staple of the fund’s rescue programmes. A year ago the IMF was suggesting that the US had a fiscal gap of as much as 10 per cent of gross domestic product.
國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)曾被戲稱為“以財政為主的組織(it's mostly fiscal)”。長期以來，該組織一直是緊縮政策的忠實擁躉，認為它是走出金融危機的必由之路。每年IMF都會因數(shù)十個國家財政上的放縱而譴責(zé)它們。“財政整固”（削減政府開支的委婉說法）是IMF眾多救援計劃的主要內(nèi)容。一年前，該組織曾暗示美國財政缺口高達其國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值(GDP)的10%。
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